For 2015 entry the University has two brand new schemes which offer £10,000 scholarships for Masters students. These scholarships have been jointly funded by the British Government; the allocation of the awards, which is the fourth highest in the UK, further cements Birmingham's place amongst the very best higher education institutions for postgraduate study.

Dr Caroline Tagg and Dr Esther Asprey have received seed corn funding from the University's Institute of Superdiversity Research (IRiS) for a data collection trial to be held in the Library of Birmingham from Monday 2 - Friday 6 March 2015.

The Birmingham Centre for Translation is inviting applications from outstanding UK and EU students interested in doing a PhD in Translation Studies with AHRC funding support through the Midlands3Cities DTP.

Those of you who missed the talk by Dr Caroline Tagg as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences may be interested in this extract from her talk, posted on The Guardian's 'Mind Your Language' blog.